Subjective Well-Being Approach to Environmental Valuation: Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Main Author: Beja, Edsel L, Jr
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2012
• Subjects: Subjective well-being; Greenhouse gas emissions; Environmental valuation; Economics; Environmental Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/6; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-011-9899-1
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The subjective well-being approach to environmental valuation is applied to analyze the valuation of greenhouse gas emissions with a fairness-adjustment in the valuation exercise. Results indicate that industrialized countries have high willingness-to-pay to reduce emissions. Developing countries di...